Saturday 13th August 2022 at The Hope Theatre, Islington. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Note: mild spoiler included… In this age, dating is an extreme sport. Ask any TV show commissioner or producer, dating is the one universal experience that is bound to draw in crowds of millions to gather round and watch disaster (or actual... Continue Reading →
Review: Try Harder at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham
Thursday 11th August 2022 at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Through Try Harder, Pursued by a Dragon Theatre Company and Yusuf Niazi have fully embraced the absurdity and black humour that engulfs today’s Cost of Living crisis. While, at moments, it seems that Niazi has not quite yet mastered a balance between... Continue Reading →
Review: Lucid at Chelsea Theatre, London
Wednesday 10th August 2022 at Chelsea Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman With Lucid, writer and co-director Laura Henderson Child, Martha Harlan (also co-director) and As If Productions have painted a hilarious, embarrassing, and touching portrait of what it means to be 11 years old in 2010. Lucid is a Dance Nation-esque comedy that uses... Continue Reading →
Review: Daylight at The Rose and Crown, Kentish Town
Friday 5th August 2022 at The Rose and Crown, Kentish Town ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Two unlikely friends are stuck in a basement (for this performance, a literal pub basement) awaiting the end of the world. We don’t know much. We don’t know what exactly is going to happen. We don’t yet know how we... Continue Reading →
Review: The Jokes Saved My Soul at Poodle Club, London
Thursday 4th August 2022 at the Poodle Club, London. ⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Harmon Leon has the beginnings of a bold, comic-theatrical experiment in The Jokes Saved My Soul. The work is a hybrid of genres (stand-up comedy, multimedia performance art, and musical theatre, to name a few). Through these devices, Leon attempts to convey... Continue Reading →
Review: ¿Rob or Rose? at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, London
Monday 1st August 2022 at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes What if the mundane every day events of your life are actually part of a deeply philosophical conversation about the workings of Chaos Theory and the existence of parallel universes? What if a simple snap of a rubber band can... Continue Reading →
Review: Tom, Dick and Harry at Alexandra Palace Theatre, London
Thursday 28th July 2022 at the Alexandra Palace Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Issy Flower Tom Dick and Harry at Alexandra Palace is a queer beast. Not quite farce, not quite historical drama, it often comes off as Carry On Up The POW Camp and despite strong performances, prioritises jokes to its detriment. Anyone who’s seen... Continue Reading →
Review: Jersey Boys (Tour)
Wednesday 27th July 2022 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jersey Boys is ultimately a cracking hit parade celebrating one of the best singing groups of the 1960’s: The Four Seasons. It’s a lively, sharply delivered show which offers comedy and drama as bookends to a fantastic catalogue of toe tapping classics. We... Continue Reading →
Review: Sniff at Theatre503
Monday 25th July 2022 at Theatre 503, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Jonathan Walfisz Anyone with any sense should know that little good can come from racking up lines in a grim pub toilet with a complete stranger. That’s exactly the predicament that Alex finds himself in the middle of Sniff at the Theatre503. You’d think he... Continue Reading →
Interview: Maureen Lennon Talks New Play The Coppergate Woman
Maureen Lennon’s latest play, “The Coppergate Woman”, is set to take to the stage at York Theatre Royal later this month. In this new community-centred work, the Yorvick Centre’s famous relic comes to life to interact with modern day dwellers in the city of York. So with the Coppergate Woman’s stage debut just a round... Continue Reading →